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handings

handings is the plural of handing.

Meaning of handing

Noun

handing (plural handings)

  1. The act by which something is handed to somebody.
    • Silently and patiently did the doctor bear all this, and all the handings of negus, and watching for glasses, and darting for biscuits, and coquetting, that ensued […]1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC

Questions about handings

What is handings the plural of?
Handings is the plural of handing.

Words near handings in the dictionary

  1. handing round
  2. handing someone his hat
  3. handing someone their cards
  4. handing something out like candy
  5. handing up
  6. handings
  7. handiphobia
  8. handiron
  9. handirons
  10. handis
  11. handish

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